Posted on 06/24/2024 2:22:00 PM PDT by Ennis85
A man's engagement post showing him proposing to his glamorous girlfriend has sparked brutal backlash online.
Addison Smith, 24, posted photos on Sunday with his now fiancée, Charis Edwards, 22, a senior booking producer for 'Lou Dobbs Tonight.'
Smith accompanied the pictures with a caption that quickly divided the internet.
'Pride month is so defeated. I love you @charisedwardss,' Smith said in a post on X.
Smith told DailyMail.com after he went viral: 'Just when we thought our engagement weekend couldn’t get any better, we triggered an entire army of libs in the process. We can’t think of a better way to cap off pride month.'
In the engagement photos, Smith was seen on his right knee, dressed in tan khaki pants, and a blue floral button down, with a shimmering diamond ring inside a black box.
Edwards wore a short pastel pink dress with a large bow in the back, as she embraced her soon-to-be husband.
But the caption appeared to cause friction, with viewers flocking to share their reactions - many who are members of the LGBTQ community expressing how disrespected they felt.
'It's not really clear to me you needed to make such a beautiful moment about LGBTQ people, especially when we want y'all to find your happiness in family as much as we do. Hoping you find peace in this next chapter,' one said.
'Imagine proposing to someone and immediately thinking about how it affect gays. Which it doesn’t,' said another.
Another wrote: 'I send her my sympathies,' while another added: 'Condolences to your wife.'
'So what you’re saying is as you’re proposing to a woman what you’re thinking about is gay people,' another person commented.
Another said: 'This is so sad.. so very very sad. What should have been one of the greatest moments of
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Newspapers published engagement announcements for decades. Big deal.
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More like centuries.
In western culture engagement were announced in a church and at some point began to be announced in newspapers. As someone who reads a lot of old newspapers I have come to the conclusions they functioned back then as something like FACEBOOK functions today.
50/50 chance she's crazy.
They'll get a divorce in three years.
I hope I'm wrong but then again we live in America.
If only that had been applied 20 to 40 years ago!
It’s amazing how many parents turned out such weak, pathetic, entitled, fragile, whiny children who never grew up.
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
Yes
WANNA BET ????
“My wife married me because she felt sorry for me and had a big heart.”
After 32 years married to my wife as of this Friday, I am convinced she married me for the same reasons. Nothing else can explain it haha.
She’s hot.
Thank you.
The announcements were also notice of sorts
Announing the simple fact of engagement was and should be enough.
I married my husband because he was the best man I’d ever met.
The most important quality in a mate is: SANITY.
You can marry the most beautiful woman in the world. But if she is crazy, within a short time, she will start to seem ugly.
“Triggering libs is a nice hobby, it doesn’t cost much but the rewards are fantastic!”
Agree - I have a GREAT TIME doing so on the Ukraine threads.
I’ll bet you are in nerd territory as well. Women have to fell sorry for us to even date us. They need to have extra big hearts to marry us.
My first though at viewing the image:
I don’t get it.
After your comment:
Yeah, it makes total sense now.
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